Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bale, Norfolk

Bale is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Norfolk

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
HAINES2510.7296462.96
PRESTON156.4378128.87
LONG125.150279.37
RAMM125.15023,529.41
LAKE93.8627174.42
CLARKE93.862719.06
CLAXTON93.8627608.11
WICK73.00431,707.32
FROST73.004353.44
HARROLD73.0043666.67
ROWE62.575145.35
BOND62.575148.66
HAMMOND62.575145.21
WILLIAMSON62.575128.72
THORNTON52.145942.70
LAW52.145947.44
KENT52.145950.92
PAYNE41.716719.07
PORTER31.287617.16
HINSLEY31.2876857.14
GRIFFIN31.287627.37
SANDS31.2876114.94
BACON20.858434.13
FARROW20.858445.77
STARKE20.85841,000.00
TURNER20.85843.08
GUTTERIDGE10.429284.75
ABRAM10.4292119.05
QUARRY10.4292588.24
WOODS10.42926.81
ALLCOCK10.429239.68
WARNES10.4292129.87
LAWRENCE10.42926.61
KERSHAW10.429213.32
BUTCHER10.429210.18
ROSS10.42923.93
HILL10.42921.69
BALLS10.429233.44
ADCOCK10.429243.48
LYNN10.429249.26
FULLER10.429210.62
BULLOCK10.429213.19

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RAMM0.232333529.4118
WICK0.232331707.3171
STARKE0.232331000.0000
HINSLEY0.23233857.1429
HARROLD0.23233666.6667
CLAXTON0.23233608.1081
QUARRY0.23233588.2353
HAINES0.23233462.9630
LAKE0.23233174.4186
WARNES0.23233129.8701
PRESTON0.23233128.8660
ABRAM0.23233119.0476
SANDS0.23233114.9425
GUTTERIDGE0.2323384.7458
LONG0.2323379.3651
FROST0.2323353.4351
KENT0.2323350.9165
LYNN0.2323349.2611
BOND0.2323348.6618
LAW0.2323347.4383
FARROW0.2323345.7666
ROWE0.2323345.3515
HAMMOND0.2323345.2148
ADCOCK0.2323343.4783
THORNTON0.2323342.6985
ALLCOCK0.2323339.6825
BACON0.2323334.1297
BALLS0.2323333.4448
WILLIAMSON0.2323328.7219
GRIFFIN0.2323327.3723
PAYNE0.2323319.0749
CLARKE0.2323319.0638
PORTER0.2323317.1625
KERSHAW0.2323313.3156
BULLOCK0.2323313.1926
FULLER0.2323310.6157
BUTCHER0.2323310.1833
WOODS0.232336.8074
LAWRENCE0.232336.6094
ROSS0.232333.9277
TURNER0.232333.0836
HILL0.232331.6852

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 233 people called RAMM in Bale at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 3529.4118 in Bale means that 3529.4118% of the people in Bale on census day were called RAMM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RAMM in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called RAMM as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called RAMM here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called RAMM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Bale means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RAMM in Bale than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bale in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ABRAM (1)  ADCOCK (1)  ALLCOCK (1)  ALLERSON (11)  BACON (2)  BALLS (1)  BANGAY (6)  BOND (6)  BULLOCK (1)  BUTCHER (1)  CLARKE (9)  CLAXTON (9)  DIX (PRESTON) (2)  FARROW (2)  FULLER (1)  FROST (7)  GREVES (20)  GRIFFIN (3)  GUTTERIDGE (1)  HAMMOND (6)  HARROLD (7)  HAINES (25)  HILL (1)  HINSLEY (3)  KENT (5)  KERSHAW (1)  LAKE (9)  LAW (5)  LAWRENCE (1)  LONG (12)  LYNN (1)  PAYNE (4)  PELLS (2)  PORTER (3)  PRESTON (15)  QUARRY (1)  RAMM (12)  ROSS (1)  ROWE (6)  SANDS (3)  SILLIS (1)  STARKE (2)  THORNTON (5)  TURNER (2)  WARNES (1)  WICK (7)  WILLIAMSON (6)  WOODS (1)